Boat docks like this one, which was recently built by Colliers Boat Dock Company in Kimberling City, won't be allowed to be built during a just-announced moratorium.

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Wes Johnson
| WJOHNSON@NEWS-LEADER.COM

A yearlong moratorium on new dock permits at Table Rock Lake has sparked worries among some business owners who rely on the lake for their livelihoods.

"I don't want our lake to become what people tell me Lake of the Ozarks is like," said Ruth Burns, owner of Dry Dockers Boat Lifts and Docks in Lampe. "But I'm in the business of building docks. I don't want our work to dry up."

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers put the moratorium on new dock permits or dock expansions in place Dec. 1, pending a yearlong review of the Table Rock Lake Master Plan. ...